Public Relations, Social Media, Paid Media, and Advocacy
Get the right message to the right people. We help you build visibility and public support for your mission.
AI Search and Visibility
More and more people are getting information from AI searches and summaries. We use AI visibility tools to show how your organization and issues appear, then create a content plan to help you appear in AI searches and summaries, ensuring you and your issue are represented accurately and show up when stakeholders and decision-makers are searching.
Strategic Communications Plans
We start by learning our clients’ goals and developing strategic multi-channel communications plans. Strategic campaign plans are comprehensive and structured documents that outline the goals, objectives, strategies, tactics, timelines, and budgets necessary to achieve specific campaign outcomes.
Media Relations and Earned Media
We have experience working with reporters and media nationally—from top cable news programs to weekly newspapers. We provide media relations services, including press releases, media pitches, press conferences, and media tours to build relationships with journalists.
Message Development
We help organizations develop messaging using data, research, and stakeholder conversations. We work with clients to create messaging that resonates with their key audiences and provide talking points, message boxes, and other collateral to support messaging efforts.
Paid Media and Advertising
With paid media and advertising, organizations can target audiences based on demographics, interests, and behaviors—enabling them to reach the right people at the right time with the right message. We have run hundreds of paid media campaigns, from micro-targeted advocacy campaigns to multi-million dollar advertising campaigns across television and radio.
Social Media and Digital Media
We work with clients to develop social media campaigns. We analyze the target audience and select the appropriate social media platforms that align with the organization's goals and have a high potential for engagement and conversion. We create engaging content that resonates with the audience across all social media channels and optimize it for each platform.
Collateral and Content
For any campaign, it is critical to have foundational documents and collateral that provide consistency and a framework for the effort. We develop talking points, one-pagers, fact sheets, message boxes, and other content to follow messaging guidance and help our clients stay on message.
Coalition Building & Stakeholder Engagement
Advocacy campaigns need diverse coalitions and reliable stakeholders. When engaging with an advocacy client, we research to identify potential coalition partners and stakeholders, their interests, attitudes, and behavior. We analyze information to segment the audience and prioritize the most influential and relevant groups. We reach out to campaign partners, build coalitions, and keep them engaged through the campaign process—working to turn them into validators for the campaign effort.
Decision Maker Engagement
As part of a comprehensive advocacy campaign, we work with clients to develop decision maker engagement plans. From emails to texts to phone calls, we can work with your supporters to contact decision makers and advocate for your goals. We ensure decision makers understand your organization's position on an issue and hear the depth of support from your members and stakeholders.
Community Outreach & Engagement
We work with clients to develop community outreach plans that engage local audiences, build public support, and increase visibility. We coordinate events, listening sessions, and partnerships to ensure communities are informed, involved, and empowered to participate in advocacy efforts.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
What is issue advocacy and how is it different from public relations
Issue advocacy is a public relations and strategic communications practice to influence stakeholders or decision-makers. With issue advocacy, the goal is not to sell a product, but to sell an idea, including policy proposals, so they get broad public support or buy-in from key decision-makers. The audiences can be large - like all voters - or small - like a single decisionmaker. Issue advocacy campaigns can include media relations, coalition building, paid media, social media, and other tactics.
What does a strategic communications plan include?
A strategic communication plan developed by Fitler Square Strategies starts with the goals of the campaign or effort. A good plan will have specific, measurable, and time-constrained goals. Next, a strategic communications plan will include audiences and messages - who needs to hear what. A strategic communications plan will also include tactics and a calendar so organizations can see what actions are being taken and when. Our strategic communications plans are based on research and internal and external audits so your organization understands the environment, competitors, and internal strengths and weaknesses.
How do you approach media relations and earned media?
We have worked with local reporters, national outlets, and everything in between. Our clients have appeared on cable news programs and in top-tier publications like the New York Times. We maintain strong relationships with reporters throughout the country. Client needs drive our media relations strategies. Sometimes it's more important for a client to appear in a weekly paper or a local TV story. We make sure every media hit has a strategy behind it. We help clients with all aspects of earned media, including press releases, pitches, press conferences, and media events that help tell their stories and break through.
What paid media services do you offer?
We have run hundreds of paid media campaigns, ranging from micro-targeted digital advocacy campaigns to multi-million-dollar advertising campaigns across television, radio, connected TV, and digital. We target audiences based on demographics, interests, and behaviors based on our client’s goals. We provide strategy, creative development, placement, and performance monitoring.
How do you help organizations build coalitions?
We start building coalitions by locating potential partners and stakeholders, assessing their interests and influence, and identifying the groups most critical to a campaign's success. In Pennsylvania, we have a deep database of state and local organizations that carry influence in their communities and industries. We work with clients to reach out to prospective coalition members, build and manage coalitions, and keep members engaged across mediums. Our goal is to turn coalition partners into active validators and messengers who can help reach decision-makers.
What social media services do you provide for advocacy campaigns?
We work with clients to identify the best social media platforms and tactics to amplify and carry their message. We develop graphics, videos, and other content that help tell stories, mobilize supporters, and reach decision-makers.
What types of collateral do you develop for advocacy campaigns?
Our team produces a full range of campaign collateral, including talking points, one-pagers, fact sheets, research reports, briefing documents, and digital content. We work from the campaign’s primary messaging in the communications plan to ensure message consistency across all materials. We can also work with campaigns to produce consistent branding and brand guides. Our goal is to make sure that your team, coalition partners, and stakeholders have the tools they need to stay on message.
Who do you work with on public relations and advocacy campaigns?
Fitler Square Strategies works with businesses, nonprofits, trade associations, advocacy coalitions, educational institutions, health care organizations, and political organizations. Our experience working for governors, senators, and high-profile public affairs campaigns gives us deep insight into how decisions are made at the highest levels of government and the media. We have worked with organizations of all sizes from owner-operated consumer businesses to global Fortune 500 companies.






